Fed Judge Strikes Down Regulation Requiring Doctors To Perform Gender Transition Surgeries and Abortions – IOTW Report

Fed Judge Strikes Down Regulation Requiring Doctors To Perform Gender Transition Surgeries and Abortions

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A federal judge struck down a regulation that would have required medical providers receiving federal funding to perform abortions and gender transition surgeries regardless of their personal beliefs, a major victory for religious liberty advocates.

A federal court in Texas said that an Obama-era rule that would have required doctors to perform procedures contrary to their consciences violated federal law. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor said the regulation put forward by the Obama administration in 2016 “substantially burdens” the rights of health care staffers under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

“The Court holds that the Rule, which expressly prohibits religious exemptions, substantially burdens Private Plaintiffs’ religious exercise in violation of RFRA,” the ruling said. “Though the Court maintains that Plaintiffs were entitled to the preliminary injunction granted in its December 31, 2016 Order, it now concludes that the proper remedy at this stage is vacatur of the Rule.” more here

6 Comments on Fed Judge Strikes Down Regulation Requiring Doctors To Perform Gender Transition Surgeries and Abortions

  1. Finally, common sense prevails. Ultimately, this decision is a reminder that doctors should neither overestimate their capacity to heal, nor underestimate their capacity to cause harm.
    IMHO, surgical assisted gender transformation doesn’t cure a mental disorder. It only shifts it to another level.

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  2. Before that Irish O’Bama, with his poison pen and phone, medical personnel had the right to refuse participating in or performing abortion. There was no question about it. I’m sure it was the same for sex change mutilations.

    And now our duly elected wonderful President Trump keeps killing poison pen regulations. Winning!

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